Burt M. Fleming American Legion Post No. 237

Beyond its local work, the Texas legion pressed a statewide agenda. Its principal aim was legislation for veterans, including hospitals, physical and vocational rehabilitation and preference in public jobs. The American Legion Auxiliary of veterans' wives and widows formed in 1920. In 1923 the Americanism committee urged vigilance against "false or 'doctored' history" in Texas schools and endorsed the "total cessation of immigration until assimilation shall catch up with immigration." Korean War veterans joined in large numbers in the mid-1950s, Vietnam veterans became eligible in 1979, and by the early 1990s the state legion had 90,000 members.

What the plaque says

Burt M. Fleming American Legion Post No. 237 Organized on May 15, 1919, American Legion Post No. 237 was named for Burt M. Fleming, who was killed in France during World War I. One of the best known organizations in Kimble County, the post sponsored such activities as charity functions, sporting events, celebrations, and conventions. In 1938 the Legion post built its own home of native rock on this site, embedding the interior walls with wartime memorabilia. A new memorial hall was erected following World War II, though the "Legion hut" continued to be used extensively. In 1966 the Legion granted the use of the hut to the county historical museum. (1998)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Kimble County Historical Museum — 1.1 mi
  A free county museum in Junction, the town at the meeting of the North and South Llano, with the papers, photographs and tools of a ranching county.
• Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve — 26 mi
  A limestone cave on the James River where about four million Mexican free-tailed bats raise their young each summer, kept open to visitors by a family's gift.
• Fort McKavett State Historic Site — 31 mi
  The post Sherman called the prettiest in Texas, home to soldiers of all four Buffalo Soldier regiments and then to a town that lived in its buildings until 1973.

More markers nearby

• City of Junction — steps away
• First Post Office — steps away
• South Llano Crossing — steps away
• Kimble County — steps away